A memorial of Joseph Henry / Published by order of Congress.

  • Smithsonian Institution
Date:
1880
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Credit: A memorial of Joseph Henry / Published by order of Congress. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the Senate. Tuesday, December 10, 1878. Mr. Hamlin. (Senator from Maine.) Mr. President, I ask the indulgence of the Senate to take from the table the resolution of the House making provision for the services in memory of the late Professor Henry. I think it will occupy no time of the Senate, and it is desirable that it shall be passed, so that it may be known that the agreement is concluded. The Presiding Officer. (Mr. Hoar, Senator from Massa- chusetts, in the chair.)' The Chair will lay before the Senate the concurrent resolution of the House of Representatives. The resolution was read by the Clerk: [as before given.] The resolution was agreed to. In the House of Representatives. Thursday, January 16, 1879.—Evening Session. At five minutes before eight o'clock the Senate of the United States, preceded by the Sergeant-at-Arms and the Chaplain, and headed by the Yice-President of the United States, with the Sec- retary, entered the Hall and were properly announced, and the Yice-President took his seat on the right of the Speaker, and the Senators took the seats assigned them. At eight o'clock the Chief-Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and the President of the United States and the members of the Cabinet entered the Hall, were properly announced, and were conducted to the seats assigned them. The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Hon. S. J. Randall) then called the assembly to order, and, after announcing the occasion of the meeting, presented his official gavel to the Vice- President, who thereupon presided, supported by the Speaker. The Vice-President. (Hon. W. A. Wheeler.) The Sen- ators and Members of the Congress of the United States, in pursu- ance of the resolutions of their respective bodies, have assembled for the purpose of taking part in the services to be observed in memory of Joseph Henry, late Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-' tution, under the auspices of the Regents of that Institution. Tlie Vice-President then announced that the exercises Avould be commenced by prayer from Rev. Dr. McCoSH, the president of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton. The Memorial Services were then proceeded with; the Vice- President announcing each of the speakers by name, in accordance with the order of exercises arranged and adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents.
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